Good morning from Lagos, Portugal
This town is located in the famous Algarve region and this region is home to some of the most popular beach destinations in all of Portugal
and Lagos is actually one of them and we have 24 hours here and we're going to discover this place and check you guys with us
Oh yeah! Hi! Oh yeah! Now we can start
So most people come to Lagos to visit the historic downtown where they have like the colorful buildings, like tile streets
It's very, very beautiful. Also the golden stand beaches and the very dramatic coastline with the huge cliffs
It's very nice. We heard it gets packed here though in the summertime. We're now here in October
and it seems like a very nice time to visit. It's also a cool beach town. We're gonna go explore the beaches. Our first stop is Praia de Something
We'll put it here. one thing that we really like about Lagos is that you walk 20 to 40 minutes and you have all these
beautiful beaches to choose from right now we're in Juanco Praia de Piñao I'll put the name here
just in case you guys, you have to walk here it's easier to walk
I know it's a little bit of a longer walk but the parking situation is kind of sketchy
and Gordon, I don't know if you can see him behind me he's flying the drone so we can show you how this place looks like
it's incredible, the color of the water is beautiful the cliffs, I mean..
Portugal, what are you doing? this is so, so pretty Thank you so directly behind me are the fortified walls of lagos so lagos was fought over for centuries
because it has like a very strategic port it's also very close to north africa so the moors were
here, the Romans were here, and then it became the capital of the Algarve, which basically
functioned as like its own country. So it was very, very wealthy and had to be like defended
Everyone wanted to come here, but the walls kept everyone out. But today you can only see part of
the walls because they were destroyed by the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755. And even though all this
ancient history is very interesting, we're going to go back inside the walls to explain what I think
is the most interesting history of Lagos. Also, there's lots of flies in Lagos. We heard from
locals that it's fly season, whatever that means. So hot tip for if you're visiting in October. so
the portuguese were some of the best shipbuilders and also sailors in the entire world and actually
Lagos was the center of like early exploration into the new world aka colonization so from Lagos
they went to like West Africa and even like around the Cape of South Africa and brought back like
spices and ivory and very unfortunately they also brought back slaves so this museum behind me was
one of the first markets in the world for like slaves basically so they were sent all throughout
Europe and made Lagos a very very rich place but it's very sad of course and it's not really
acknowledged in many places in Lagos at least that we can see so far unfortunately it's a real
bummer that the museum is closed we really want to go in but now it's plan b and we're going to
eat one of my favorite foods in the entire world with african origins we're gonna have some chicken
piti piti it's actually the first time in portugal i can't believe that so when i was like 11 or 12 years old we visited portugal on a family trip and one of the only
things i can remember is falling in love with chicken piti piti so i'm very excited this is I love spicy grilled chicken
I think like the peppers that they use for this were imported from Angola or Mozambique
or that's where it kind of like originated. Let's try this baby out
Dip in the sauce So this is very good grilled chicken but when I go back in my mind to when I was like 11 or 12
I remember something like intensely red and like marinated and very very spicy
This is like a little bit like topped with peri peri sauce so you can like taste the vinegar and a little bit of spice
But it's not super intense. I don't know if I did something wrong going to this restaurant. If you're Portuguese, please let me know
It's still very enjoyable though. We're gonna sit down enjoy our little lunch time here in Lagos
and still on the hunt for Betty Betty. Stay tuned. Good morning! It is the next day and right now we are driving to Ponta de Piedade
We really wanted to check out this place yesterday but in the afternoon it started raining so
we couldn't show it to you guys but today we decided that before returning the car we
were gonna drive there because we had to see this place. This is one of the most beautiful
places in all of Portugal, one of the most popular ones too, and we can't wait to check it out
We just made it and this place is so stunning, it's beautiful, the views from the top are
incredible and it is so peaceful, there's basically no one here so it is really nice
but we read that the best views are from the bottom, so we're going down 182 steps to check
Check it out Without a doubt the views are definitely way better from the bottom
This is so pretty and I cannot believe we have the most popular place in Portugal all
to ourselves. crazy. So there are basically four ways that you can get here. You can come by car which is what we
did. The parking lot is very small but it's fine because it's October and it's like sunrise so
there's no one there. You can also do a kayak or a boat tour which is like we can see them now and
It is it looks like must be stunning. And then you can also walk
I think it's like an hour walk from town. Kind of sketchy at times, but most of it is like a nice like walk away
So I don't think it's like a hard walk. And during the summer, there's a little tram that you can take, I think, 350 euros or something
And it's a hop on and off. And then you can just like come here by tram
You guys, this place is amazing. It really gives you like a whole different appreciation of how powerful the ocean is
Just like thousands of years of erosion, just like beating through the cliffs and creating the holes. I feel kind of bad that I was sick
we had like a kayak tour planned and i had to cancel because i'm not feeling so good but it's
still beautiful to come down here it is so beautiful so if you can't like afford like a kayak or a boat
like it's fine just have to come here come down look at the view like it is really really stunning
either way you have to make it to ponta de pedage what do you think it's top or bottom a bottom guy
today it's nice when you come down here and can like see through the caves and the cliffs yeah
it's worth it. very special. very very special. Portugal, I keep saying this but like what is
Portugal doing to us? I think I could live here. this is very nice. that's said everywhere. there we go
I could honestly stay here the whole day just sitting down looking at the kayaks and the pad
of orders. It is so beautiful here but unfortunately it's time for us to go back. We have to return
our car and next time you see us is going to be from a town called Tavira. But if you guys enjoyed
this video go and check out the Alentejo Coast video that we made or previous video. I'm going
to put it here and if you guys have questions let us know. We're always happy to help
and thank you so much for watching. We will see you next time. Bye